urban life during the great depression by via niforatos https://padlet.com/vianiforatos/v00jayn8j68kvs2m en-us 2021-01-21 21:35:09 UTC 2021-01-22 15:02:00 UTC hello@padlet.com Footage of life in the 30s vianiforatos https://padlet.com/vianiforatos/v00jayn8j68kvs2m/wish/1112212278 This video shows footage taped during the Great Depression. The narrator gives historical information about the 30s. A lot of the footage is located in cities, showing the crowded streets and closing of buildings. ]]> 2021-01-21 21:41:54 UTC https://padlet.com/vianiforatos/v00jayn8j68kvs2m/wish/1112212278 Union Square Protests (1930) vianiforatos https://padlet.com/vianiforatos/v00jayn8j68kvs2m/wish/1112219788 Many people in cities were hit hard by the Depression. There were few jobs, and those who did have them were payed little money. Riots such as this began, led by the growing communist party, protesting monopolies and unemployment rates in New York. Around 35,000 people attended, and there was tension between rioters and the police. ]]> 2021-01-21 21:44:38 UTC https://padlet.com/vianiforatos/v00jayn8j68kvs2m/wish/1112219788 'Red Hot Franks' (Leon Bibel, 1938) vianiforatos https://padlet.com/vianiforatos/v00jayn8j68kvs2m/wish/1112226836 This painting is of a food cart owner in a city. Looking closely, you see that he is practically carrying the city in his cart. This may represent how the city was 'carried by' and full of people selling food for a living. He is looking at the ground desperately, showing his burden. Intentionally included or not, francs are a unit of currency, tying in the economic climate as well. ]]> 2021-01-21 21:47:20 UTC https://padlet.com/vianiforatos/v00jayn8j68kvs2m/wish/1112226836 'To Elsie,' (William Carlos Williams, c. 1938) vianiforatos https://padlet.com/vianiforatos/v00jayn8j68kvs2m/wish/1112230002 William Carlos Williams is one of the most famous American poets. He is best known for his poem This is just to say. To Elsie  is a political commentary on the poverty and economic climate of the 30s. Each stanza has the same line pattern, except for the last two, which mirror each other. The line 
"we degraded prisoners
destined
to hunger until we eat filth," stood out to me in particular. 
]]> 2021-01-21 21:48:37 UTC https://padlet.com/vianiforatos/v00jayn8j68kvs2m/wish/1112230002 Population Density of Manhattan (Graph) vianiforatos https://padlet.com/vianiforatos/v00jayn8j68kvs2m/wish/1112235640 This graphs shows the population of Manhattan in the 19th to 21st century. While there were other periods of time where the population lowers, the most noticeable is in the 30s. The graph plummets dramatically during the Depression, never fully returning to its peak in the 20s. People were leaving the city at high rates.]]> 2021-01-21 21:50:58 UTC https://padlet.com/vianiforatos/v00jayn8j68kvs2m/wish/1112235640 'The Philanthropist' (1930) vianiforatos https://padlet.com/vianiforatos/v00jayn8j68kvs2m/wish/1112240295 This political cartoon was published in a Chicago newspaper. Selling food on the streets were common in urban areas, for people without jobs to make some money. The title of 'Philanthropist' has a double meaning - it appears to be the rich person, spending money on apples, but the seller is the one giving away all to survive. The apples can also represent the money that the rich kept and the rest lost. ]]> 2021-01-21 21:53:03 UTC https://padlet.com/vianiforatos/v00jayn8j68kvs2m/wish/1112240295 [Passing the shop after school...] (Charles Reznikoff) vianiforatos https://padlet.com/vianiforatos/v00jayn8j68kvs2m/wish/1112253587 I couldn't figure out when this poem was written -- it says between 1918 and 1975, which is a pretty wide gap. However I felt that whenever it was written. it reflects parts of the Depression. It focuses on children and their perspective of  financial stress and guilt when spending too much. ]]> 2021-01-21 21:58:41 UTC https://padlet.com/vianiforatos/v00jayn8j68kvs2m/wish/1112253587 'New York No. 1'. (Seymour Fogel, 1936) vianiforatos https://padlet.com/vianiforatos/v00jayn8j68kvs2m/wish/1112272693 This is a lithograph - a type of print - depicting New York City. The title 'New York No. 1' displays the irony in calling the city great. There is an ominous feeling to the print -- the stormy sky and broken bridge seem feel 'dangerous.' There are people sitting on the half-repaired street, possibly a reference to the many homeless. ]]> 2021-01-21 22:06:58 UTC https://padlet.com/vianiforatos/v00jayn8j68kvs2m/wish/1112272693 Depression Era Recipes vianiforatos https://padlet.com/vianiforatos/v00jayn8j68kvs2m/wish/1112282271 Depression Era Recipes are actually common on the internet to this day. People who lived through the Depression often posted or published some of the food they made with little money for ingredients. A common one is 'water pie.' This article is captioned "Even though we're living on $900 a year." The recipes are marketed as affordable over anything. ]]> 2021-01-21 22:11:09 UTC https://padlet.com/vianiforatos/v00jayn8j68kvs2m/wish/1112282271 'Let America Be America Again' (Langston Hughes, 1935) vianiforatos https://padlet.com/vianiforatos/v00jayn8j68kvs2m/wish/1112296522 Langston Hughes was a major part of the 20s Harlem Renaissance. He inspired a whole style of poetry by incorporating elements of jazz.  In Let America Be America Again,  Hughes discusses the 'dream' America was supposed to be and contrasts it with the reality of America as it is. He focuses on racial and social injustice, as well as the economic struggles of US citizens. ]]> 2021-01-21 22:18:09 UTC https://padlet.com/vianiforatos/v00jayn8j68kvs2m/wish/1112296522